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Love wisdom like a sister;
    make insight a beloved member of your family.
Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
    from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and to insight, “You are my relative.”
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)

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Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

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21 So she seduced him with her pretty speech
    and enticed him with her flattery.

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21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
    she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)

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21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

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28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
    and flattering words cause ruin.

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28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
    and a flattering mouth(A) works ruin.

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28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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23 In the end, people appreciate honest criticism
    far more than flattery.

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23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)

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23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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To flatter friends
    is to lay a trap for their feet.

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Those who flatter their neighbors
    are spreading nets for their feet.(A)

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A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

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